And he is as a tree planted by brooks of water, which giveth its fruit in its season, and whose leaf fadeth not; and all that he doeth prospereth.

The wicked are not so; but are as the chaff which the wind driveth away.

{Shiggaion of David, which he sang to Jehovah, concerning the words of Cush the Benjaminite.} Jehovah my God, in thee have I trusted: save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me;

Jehovah shall minister judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity which is in me.

When I see thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and stars, which thou hast established;

He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in the secret places doth he slay the innocent: his eyes watch for the wretched.

{A Prayer of David.} Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry; give ear unto my prayer, which is not out of feigned lips.

For they intended evil against thee; they imagined a mischievous device, which they could not execute.

I will wash my hands in innocency, and will encompass thine altar, O Jehovah,

Let the lying lips become dumb, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.

Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee, before the sons of men!

I will instruct thee and teach thee the way in which thou shalt go; I will counsel thee with mine eye upon thee.

Be ye not as a horse, as a mule, which have no understanding: whose trappings must be bit and bridle, for restraint, or they will not come unto thee.

Let destruction come upon him unawares, and let his net which he hath hidden catch himself: for destruction let him fall therein.

Unrighteous witnesses rise up; they lay to my charge things which I know not.

Mine enemies wish me evil: When will he die, and his name perish?

Wash me fully from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Make me to hear gladness and joy; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder which stoppeth her ear;

Which doth not hearken to the voice of enchanters, of one charming ever so wisely.

The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance; he shall wash his footsteps in the blood of the wicked:

Because of the sin of their mouth, the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and because of cursing and lying which they speak.

Moab is my wash-pot; upon Edom will I cast my sandal; Philistia, shout aloud because of me.

From the end of the earth will I call unto thee, when my eart is overwhelmed: thou wilt lead me on to a rock which is too high for me.

Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.

Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.

Of him that rideth upon the heavens, the heavens which are of old: lo, he uttereth his voice, a mighty voice.

They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.

For mine enemies speak against me, and they that watch for my soul consult together,

My lips shall exult when I sing psalms unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.

Remember thine assembly, which thou hast purchased of old, which thou hast redeemed to be the portion of thine inheritance, this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us:

We will not hide them from their sons, shewing forth to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, and his strength, and his marvellous works which he hath done.

For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;

And forgot his doings, and his marvellous works which he had shewn them.

He sent dog-flies among them, which devoured them, and frogs, which destroyed them;

And he brought them to his holy border, this mountain, which his right hand purchased;

But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved;

And he built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he hath founded for ever.

Even the stock which thy right hand hath planted, and the young plant thou madest strong for thyself.

Shew me a token for good, that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed; for thou, Jehovah, hast helped me and comforted me.

Where, Lord, are thy former loving-kindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?

For a thousand years, in thy sight, are as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

Shall the throne of wickedness be united to thee, which frameth mischief into a law?

I watch, and am like a sparrow alone upon the housetop.

The mountains rose, the valleys sank, unto the place which thou hadst founded for them; --

Thou hast set a bound which they may not pass over, that they turn not again to cover the earth.

And wine which gladdeneth the heart of man; making his face shine with oil; and with bread he strengtheneth man's heart.

The trees of Jehovah are satisfied, the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted,

There go the ships; there that leviathan, which thou hast formed to play therein.

Remember his wondrous works which he hath done, his miracles and the judgments of his mouth:

He is ever mindful of his covenant, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations, --

Which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;

For he speaketh, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof:

And sow fields, and plant vineyards, which yield fruits of increase;

Moab is my wash-pot; upon Edom will I cast my sandal; over Philistia will I shout aloud.

Let it be unto him as a garment with which he covereth himself, and for a girdle wherewith he is constantly girded.

The stone which the builders rejected hath become the head of the corner:

Turn away my reproach which I fear; for thy judgments are good.

And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved;

And I will lift up my hands unto thy commandments, which I have loved, and I will meditate in thy statutes.

ZAIN. Remember the word for thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.

The proud have digged pits for me, which is not according to thy law.

Jerusalem, which art built as a city that is compact together,

{A Song of degrees.} They that confide in Jehovah are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved; it abideth for ever.

Let them be as the grass upon the house-tops, which withereth before it is plucked up,

If thy children keep my covenant, and my testimonies which I will teach them, their children also for evermore shall sit upon thy throne.

Daughter of Babylon, who art to be laid waste, happy he that rendereth unto thee that which thou hast meted out to us.

Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

Let the righteous smite me, it is kindness; and let him reprove me, it is an excellent oil which my head shall not refuse: for yet my prayer also is for them in their calamities.

Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, and from the traps of the workers of iniquity.

Who giveth to the cattle their food, to the young ravens which cry.

And he established them for ever and ever; he made for them a statute which shall not pass.